Soloing Faathim the Kind Task Force or something like that.
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Chyron HR,
Posted on: 2012-02-22 04:54 in Player Questions
You have to simultaneously click 4 glowies to complete many of the missions in the Fathiim the Kind TF. If you can't switch between characters quickly enough to do that then no, you can't solo the TF.
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Well that is not a problem (same thing in the Quaterfield TF, which I have done).
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Originally Posted by Chyron HR
You have to simultaneously click 4 glowies to complete many of the missions in the Fathiim the Kind TF. If you can't switch between characters quickly enough to do that then no, you can't solo the TF.
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Quick question, how did you manage to do that? Im thinking in doing the same (soloing the SS TFs) but the click 4 at the same time pushes me back
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I resized the windows for each instance showing a zoomed in view of the glowie, then double clicking each in quick succession. First click to activate the window, second to click the glowie.
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Originally Posted by Erhnam
Quick question, how did you manage to do that? Im thinking in doing the same (soloing the SS TFs) but the click 4 at the same time pushes me back
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Originally Posted by Erhnam
Quick question, how did you manage to do that? Im thinking in doing the same (soloing the SS TFs) but the click 4 at the same time pushes me back
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Alt Tab would probably be quick enough for the 4 simultaneous these need. You have a few seconds whilst the first glowie bar scrolls down.
Two machines each with two screens would make it trivial or even using windowed mode.
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Originally Posted by Sulfur_Tios_EU
(I assume Jurrasik in the TF don’t have the same magnitude as the one in Crey’s Folly, is this correct?)
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Correct - he is an AV on the TFas opposed to a GM in Creys
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Thanks for that, got one question answered ;D
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Originally Posted by Gaia
Correct - he is an AV on the TFas opposed to a GM in Creys
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A friend on Virtue was doing this in December. He solo'd Doc Q, and at least got all the way to the AV in Faathim, using 4 accounts. I don't know if he finished, he stopped logging in around that time.
I'm not sure I see the fascination in soloing something like the shard TFs, but at least you don't have to worry about cajoling other players into joining you. ^_^
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Well if someone else have thought they could do it with 4 toons it must be remotely possible with 8 and I will therefore give it a try.|
Originally Posted by Organica
A friend on Virtue was doing this in December. He solo'd Doc Q, and at least got all the way to the AV in Faathim, using 4 accounts. I don't know if he finished, he stopped logging in around that time.
I'm not sure I see the fascination in soloing something like the shard TFs, but at least you don't have to worry about cajoling other players into joining you. ^_^ |
As to shard tfs being facinating or not, i would say not, its the shiny badge at the end without 'cajoling' others.
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i didnt solo a faathim tf but i know i did do a faathim tf with only 5 poeple before
lanaruu is really a pushover now with incarnate abilities (he still hits pretty hard though)
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Well, unfortunately only one of my accounts are VIP, the rest is premium, amd I'm only one player trying to maximize my multitasking. I dont worry to much abou him hitting me, its more my own damage output. And his spawns go awall from my tankers aggro.
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Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
i didnt solo a faathim tf but i know i did do a faathim tf with only 5 poeple before
lanaruu is really a pushover now with incarnate abilities (he still hits pretty hard though) |
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as reason i say he hits hard is that he has a lot of autohit stuff as well as some pretty hefty debuffs|
Originally Posted by Sulfur_Tios_EU
Well, unfortunately only one of my accounts are VIP, the rest is premium, amd I'm only one player trying to maximize my multitasking. I dont worry to much abou him hitting me, its more my own damage output. And his spawns go awall from my tankers aggro.
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as for only having 1 VIP account that should be more than enough though, clearing spawns around him is not hard and one they are dead dont have to worry about them again
as long as you have some debuffers in your entourage of toons, then you should be fine
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Awesome, thanks for that.
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Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
as reason i say he hits hard is that he has a lot of autohit stuff as well as some pretty hefty debuffs
as for only having 1 VIP account that should be more than enough though, clearing spawns around him is not hard and one they are dead dont have to worry about them again as long as you have some debuffers in your entourage of toons, then you should be fine |
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I would love an update on this Sulfur as I like to multi box as well, I run a 4 or 5 man squad regularly and am starting on trying the TFs too. I've only done Posi and Synapse so far but want to give them all a try eventually.
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Originally Posted by Manny
I would love an update on this Sulfur as I like to multi box as well, I run a 4 or 5 man squad regularly and am starting on trying the TFs too. I've only done Posi and Synapse so far but want to give them all a try eventually.
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Wont be starting the Faathim the Kind Task Force quiet yet though, missing a couple of levels on some of the tag alongs
But will post here when i do
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With 8 people on the team, the missions spawn for a team 8. I can imagine this would be time-consuming when there is only one actual player.|
Originally Posted by Sulfur_Tios_EU
Well, since freedom came along, Ive realized that I can run 8 man/woman teams on my own, on two different rigs, four instances of the game on each computer. Ive done the Quarterfield task force this way, and that was not too hard since it holds no AVs (Will not mention how long it took though).
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Are you aware that if people quit the team, the spawn sizes will adjust downward? At the most extreme, you could have all but two people quit and the missions will spawn for a team of two. (If the second-to-last person quits, the task force disbands.)
Now, two might not be enough for you to take down some of the AV's, but I would think that the right 3 or 4 characters could do it and the rest of the task force would go a lot faster.
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cant really do that with the shard tfs, faathim tf for example has at least 7 mishs with 4 person simul click glowies and none of them ever spawn close enough to grab 2 with the same character
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
With 8 people on the team, the missions spawn for a team 8. I can imagine this would be time-consuming when there is only one actual player.
Are you aware that if people quit the team, the spawn sizes will adjust downward? At the most extreme, you could have all but two people quit and the missions will spawn for a team of two. (If the second-to-last person quits, the task force disbands.) Now, two might not be enough for you to take down some of the AV's, but I would think that the right 3 or 4 characters could do it and the rest of the task force would go a lot faster. |
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This isn't possible anymore, and hasn't been for a few years now. Now the spawn size only adjusts down to the minimum number of players required to start the task force. Since Faathim requires 8 players to start, the spawn size will never go below x8. | Are you aware that if people quit the team, the spawn sizes will adjust downward? At the most extreme, you could have all but two people quit and the missions will spawn for a team of two. (If the second-to-last person quits, the task force disbands.) |
This was done because teams would purposefully log out until only one player was on and that player would then paint the instance and set it for x1. Then everybody would log back on and steamroll that mission.
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Slightly outdated - it now counts the number of people the team, logged in or not.
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Originally Posted by Citizen_Razor
This isn't possible anymore, and hasn't been for a few years now. Now the spawn size only adjusts down to the minimum number of players required to start the task force. Since Faathim requires 8 players to start, the spawn size will never go below x8.
This was done because teams would purposefully log out until only one player was on and that player would then paint the instance and set it for x1. Then everybody would log back on and steamroll that mission. |
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Wrong. It works EXACTLY as I described.|
Originally Posted by Citizen_Razor
This isn't possible anymore, and hasn't been for a few years now. Now the spawn size only adjusts down to the minimum number of players required to start the task force. Since Faathim requires 8 players to start, the spawn size will never go below x8.
This was done because teams would purposefully log out until only one player was on and that player would then paint the instance and set it for x1. Then everybody would log back on and steamroll that mission. |
At any give time, it spawns based on the number of people ON THE TEAM, whether logged in or not. If people actually QUIT the task force, the spawns will be smaller.
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In the beginning, things worked as in Citizen Razor's reason for the change (i.e. painting the instance for one.)
Then they changed it to always use minimum team size, as Citizen Razor mentioned.
THEN they changed it to the way it currently works, where people logged out still count for spawning, but people quitting the team do not.
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i can confirm this is how it works, when i solo ITFs the spawns are usually only set for 2
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
Wrong. It works EXACTLY as I described.
At any give time, it spawns based on the number of people ON THE TEAM, whether logged in or not. If people actually QUIT the task force, the spawns will be smaller. |
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Well, that's news to me. Mostly because I don't solo TFs. Thanks for the clarification.
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Originally Posted by Honbrid
In the beginning, things worked as in Citizen Razor's reason for the change (i.e. painting the instance for one.)
Then they changed it to always use minimum team size, as Citizen Razor mentioned. THEN they changed it to the way it currently works, where people logged out still count for spawning, but people quitting the team do not. |
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Just as the title states. Let me elaborate the something.
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Im not a solo AV gamer; I never quite seem to get the hang of awesome builds to actually do that. So on a low populated server with only so much time to play each session how do I get those TF badges when my time is limited? Well, since freedom came along, Ive realized that I can run 8 man/woman teams on my own, on two different rigs, four instances of the game on each computer. Ive done the Quarterfield task force this way, and that was not too hard since it holds no AVs (Will not mention how long it took though). Ive also done the Synapse task force with five instances (though I needed to log on with the three last ones to take down Babbage for the Clockstopper badge). The Clockwork King AV was not an issue. Now doing a bit of preparation and reading up on paragonwiki, Im just wondering if the same would be possible for the Faathim the Kind TF. Reading about it in the wiki, it states that Lanaru The mad AV is one of the hardest one in the game (though I guess this I before iTrials came into play), and I dont want to start the TF before I know if it is remotely possible to finish.
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1. My VIp account main badger Sulfur Tios, grav/kin controller.
2. Tanker, Invuln/SS aka Tank Tios
3. Defender, Sonic/Archery aka Sonic Tios
4. Defender, Rad/ Assult Rifle aka Rad Tios
5. Defender, Empathy/Dark aka Emp Dark Tios
6. Defender, Kin/Archery aka Kin Bow Tios
7. Dominator, Plant/Earth aka Fauna Tios
8. Blaster, Dark/Fire aka Dark Fire Tios
Play style
Toons 2-8 follow my main character with toggles up and one power ctrl-clicked. All characters (except tanker) have stealth, SS, Maneuvers, Assault and Tactics. The tank has Taunt ctrl-clicked to take agro. It all works fine trudging into the mobs, but is it enough to take down Lanaru the Mad? Should there be some Shivans thrown in?
If this is possible, would it be possible to do with a random 1. VIP toon (E.g a EM/Regen stalker
On a further note, are there any TF/Trials (except iTrials) that would not be possible with this set up?
I have currently started Numina, with 4 players, my EM/Regen Stalker and toon 2,3 and 4. Is it possible to take down Jurassik with only these four? (I assume Jurrasik in the TF dont have the same magnitude as the one in Creys Folly, is this correct?)
Thanks in advance
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